Android vs. iphone

by Helication • 24 May 2010, 15:48 • Journals
After the successful Conference (Google I/O) held by google (ofc) in San Francisco, i just want to say that Apple got bashed so hard with all these features coming out with android 2.2 (Portable Hotspot and USB Tethering, Flash Support,JavaScript-Heavy Webapps Work Well, ...)
i dont think Apple can reach what Android just did (or maby they dont want to)
but Steve Jobs has a different opinion:

image: 153228-jobsdis
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LeFrancis 24 May 2010, 16:51
Quotesuccessfull Conference (Google I/O) held by google (ofc) in San Francisco
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Juize 24 May 2010, 17:14
QuoteAfter the successful Conference (Google I/O) held by google (ofc) in San Francisco, i just want to say that Apple got bashed so hard with all these features coming out with android 2.2 (Portable Hotspot and USB Tethering, Flash Support,JavaScript-Heavy Webapps Work Well, ...)
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ENSJQM 24 May 2010, 17:24
good one mate
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LeFrancis 24 May 2010, 17:28
stop hatin' saatana mulkku :/
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jezix 24 May 2010, 18:18
you were supposed to stop trolling m8
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LeFrancis 24 May 2010, 18:19
baq allowed me
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beAsty 24 May 2010, 17:00
tethering also works on the iphone

but having no flash sucks :S
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Jonasty 24 May 2010, 17:11
i am disappointed
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unblind 24 May 2010, 17:14
of course an open platform is better but then people still looooooveeee apple stuff cause it's white
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Helication 24 May 2010, 17:24
couple weeks ago, an iphone developer had succeded to run android under an ipohne

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5yO2KQHkt4A&feature=player_embedded
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duumed 24 May 2010, 17:32
damn racists
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Gabt 24 May 2010, 17:51
White iPhone is considered "diffrent" from the "normal" one. Which is black. Granted thier "stuff" is usually white/silver. I prefer the black phone, I was going to get white, then I thought, its just too camp looking.
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sHiZo 24 May 2010, 17:42
apple iphone's multitouch is still unbeaten
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Helication 24 May 2010, 17:47
Google's Nexus One has also multitouch, but due to certain patents (between HTC and Apple) Google has disable it (you can always activate it :D)
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Pickelschwanz 24 May 2010, 19:01
What about the HTC desire?
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skaTe 24 May 2010, 19:51
actually the android has multi touch as well now
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Mixo 24 May 2010, 18:00
Competition is good, we will have better and better phones from Apple and Google. Hope Microsoft can reach their quality, because the more good phones there are, the more they will be nice and greatly updated !
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an1mal 24 May 2010, 18:00
haha but there is more to owning the market then only having a good product nerd.

I could develop a phone with 3 times the functionality the iPhone or the Android has for that matter. But that won't mean I will sell the damn thing, will it?

Better think twice before calling any phone a worthy competitor for the iPhone.
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overboost 24 May 2010, 18:06
Actually most new Android phones are worthy :p
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an1mal 24 May 2010, 18:23
Product-wise I concur. But is the marketing as good as Apple's?

Apple has one of the broadest target markets out there.. because of the great accesibility that comes with their products.

For a consumer such as the average nerd on here functionality is the highest priority so they will always go for the Android(also just because it is the latest thing out there) but the average Joe will still want an iPhone.

Advertising and Marketing make the product, not the quality. (whereas the quality has become a part of the marketing which envelops a lot more then just the physical product and its functions)
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Pickelschwanz 24 May 2010, 19:03
Costs is becoming a big factor since hardley anyone has any money. The UK contracts for the HTC desire are much cheaper than the iphone and you get a better phone with the desire.
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Nonix 24 May 2010, 19:53
yeah but facebook-twitter-myspace-kids dont really care about what they get
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Helication 24 May 2010, 21:22
dude, you need to check the latest sales states.
and i dont need to reminds you who leads the inet ads atm.

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I could develop a phone with 3 times the functionality the iPhone or the Android has for that matter. But that won't mean I will sell the damn thing, will it?

indeed quality doesn't mean anything , but you cant sell crappy products when there are strong competition out there even with good marketing , you can see that with Nokia's Symbian and Microsoft's Widows 7 Mobile , ...

I look forward to June 7
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an1mal 25 May 2010, 01:36
Dude you should check Apple's current market share.
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Helication 25 May 2010, 12:07
Sales stats from the last quarter :
Android : 4 639 000 sold
iPhone : 4 511 000 sold

Android sales will surpass iPhone sales by 2012 according to some researchs
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Pickelschwanz 25 May 2010, 13:21
Im an Android fan however these figures don't mean that much if you look at how many different Android phones there are out there compared to the iphone which only has a few models.
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LukaV 24 May 2010, 19:41
nokia 5800 + CFW > *
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Spirea 24 May 2010, 19:56
at least HTC's android phones are crap compared to iphone
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Helication 24 May 2010, 20:58
on what have you been based to extract that conclusion ?

if its your personal view okey , otherwise could you provide us some confidents sources
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Spirea 24 May 2010, 23:34
personal view of 3 different HTC models I have used next to iphone :)
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